Sweet Exorcist: Testone

[Nightmike1989]

Totally mesmerizing track from back in the day, I heard it when it first came out, freakishly awesome bleeps and beats that bring back memories.

[sg2massive]

XTC

[skoobzish]

used to love it when dj sy scratched it up at venus, nottm..... mental, mental, bloody well mental... you know who you are?

[JustSomePerson888]

5 tones are ones in this track and-or the Close Encounters tones

[Euro3urger]

Love this its still on my mp3 player to this day even tho its more then 20 yrs old i cant get enough of it never seen the video till today wow its that bird off the test card back when tv went off at 12 hehe good old days .... ahh jumpers for goal posts !!!!

[micknvick1]

fucking tune,got a dmc mix with sunrising ,amazing mix

[WupertJonPaul]

song is super fucking tight. video's pretty cool too.

[krizm]

i like that visual dance session at 6:12 nice breakdown to the song

[Noshadow83]

the classics never die ;D

[DaSuthNa]

Weird that the little section under the hit counter on this page is saying "OutKast ft Sleepy Brown - "The Way You Move". How has that got anything to do with "Sweet Exorcist - Testone"? Bizarre.

[takeadump6]

sooooooooo goooooooooood xoxoxo

[AQfumes]

real electronic.

[fuckamericanidiot]

@AQfumes I have no idea what you mean by that; I guess that makes two of us

[exraver1990]

This was one of the early hardcore tracks I remember.  Talk about bring back memories......fantastic! This is what its all about......random videos.......try Tricky Disco.....

[bocchi2008]

Richard.h.kirk is great techno artist .

[meamverysmart]

This is the most random video I've ever seen.

[Simmers70]

Fantastic track. Heard the Wanda Dee 'work it to the bone' acapella over the top of this on pirate radio back then, it was brilliant, made Wanda Dee sound really seedy. Looked high and low for this track until I realised someone must have mixed it. Whoever it was had taste...anyone able to track this combination down, let me know! or I'll never hear it again...

[MrSmeckles]

This single is twenty one years old today. :D

[laggertops]

jackel6665 you need to educate yourself your comment about the quality of british music before warp is way off the mark ever heard of stakker ?or babyford ? klf ? in glasgow theyre was a thriving house scene way before the rest of britain except london due to american navy being stationed at the holy loch

[pxl8r]

Are the beeps that this tune starts with originally from this tune? Or sampled from pong?

[CharlesFVincent]

@pxl8r I heard at the time it was a sample of studio testing equipment tones. Hence Test-tone or Testone.

[jackel6665]

we had the best dance scene in the world from 1990 to 1996 carlcox and saha couldunt get enough of the baggy house hardcore acid house rules

[Eoinposse]

Jarvis Cocker from Pulp?

[dazw2001]

Any ideas where i can get these proper old skool tunes, Sure brings back old time and all the illegal raves that started this scene. BANGIN.

[rhythmontheloose]

Another great early nineties tune, very influential. Love it.

Any thing that sample Close Encounters is alright by me!

[Spacegunner]

....never let me down....

^__^

[webbalution7up]

im 23, and luv oldskool......seriously wanna invest in some vinly,jus dunno were to go to get it these days

[tshhtf]

@webbalution7up

Can get this off eBay, that's where I got mine from, 1.99 good copy

[suicidalpostie]

fukin classic im 38 mate and still love givin this a play..young uns dont know what they missed...gggggggggggoooooooooo­ooooooooooooo on

[clankiler]

tune still love it and im 38.. ;-)

[blatants]

Great tune better than shite we get today,and im nearly 40.

[NeoMilitantSista]

Mannn... i heard this for the first time on 107.9 DEADLY HEADLY!! THIS SHIIT HAD EVERYONE IN MY BASEMENT DANCING!!! It was an instant party..anyone who was around for these days experienced something that will never happen this way again!

[normski1930z]

this isnt test one though its test four on the 12 inch...northern england anthem...

[koolzainski]

Dj Roman Ricardo THE TUNNEL, NYC!!!

[omarfrancis]

The breakdown two minutes in must have scared the shit out of all these Baggy pop acid house wankers. This is what England is good at when it comes to dance music.

[tonyfromcheshire]

@omarfrancis - No, the break at 2:31 made this record absolutely what it is to us 'acid house wankers'. An absolutely stone cold classic.

[jackel6665]

@omarfrancis the baggy acid house wankers have had the pleasure to listen to sasha and carl cox every weekend and experienced top sets mixes in your case u prick

[omarfrancis]

@jackel6665 sorry you baggy acid house wanker. I was listening to that carl cox mix of I Like It yesterday and kept doing voice overs like "IN MANCHESTER WE INVENTED ACID HOUSE. IN MANCHESTER, THE HACIENDA THE HOME OF ACID HOUSE. THIS IS HOW WE DO IT" My point was that the UK didn't much good original house and techno before warp records came along. I thought all you loved up tie dyed baggy acid house wankers put the guns down on the football terraces when acid house came along. Free love baby.

[jackel6665]

@omarfrancis you only had frankie bones we ruled the dance scene from 1990 to 1997 carl cox and sasha cut ther teeth here in manchester we just took eeeeeeees on the weekend and still didnt put our guns away because i was in the army based in blackpool wher it was goin off big time old warshouse illegal raves when i die thats where i hope i end up on a e in the sky happy xmas

[valleysofneptune]

the remixes of this tune were genius....

i remeber those days with a hazy fondness....

wish i was back there just one more time!!!! big up to all the original ravers who remember this....aaacccciiiiiiddddd

[EBISECYBOTRON]

this is so yellow magic orchestra!!!!!!!!!!!

[7elements]

Big up Proton1!!! This mutha Fucka said Club Max in Toronto!! WOW!!! That was the Shit!!! back then, That was DJ Neil and Cain on the middle floor!!! Everyone left the Hip HOP Floor Downstairs to come on the HOUSE FLOOR!! LOL! JOKES!!!!

[Proton1]

I remember Neil and Cain, but Tricky rocked it for me at Max. I heard all the classics from him -- Pullover by Speedy J, Tricky Disco, Work That Motherfucker, Clonk, Testone, etc. :)

[basslinerman]

steel city sounds brothers

[retroactiveoldskool]

tune

[bananajamful]

no proton1 son! this is early rave.And lm from england of cause its bleep sound? and l like 1st version too, just think this WARP one better matey! vid is class 2! E

[bananajamful]

jaggabone - You know!RESPEC!

[bananajamful]

PURE CLASS !89 LEEDS SOUND also LFO and APHEX TWIN _ NIGHTMARES on Wax! Respect to anyone that did ECLIPSE cov a nd QUEST wolves !!!!!!

[NeoMilitantSista]

Man..We waited all week to hear deadly headly on the radio, that was one of the first times i heard this track, I can remember turning up the volume as high as i could, and everyone in the basement just started rocking, cutting each other with smooth pop lock inspired moves. SICK!

[Proton1]

DEADLY HEADLY'S.. ALL NIGHT DANCE PARTY!

"Wheeeeeeeeeeeel!"

[Jaggabone]

@Proton1 Dear god I remember Headly lol. What's even funnier is his cry on live radio when his records where stolen out of his car.

If you remember Deadly Headly then you MUST know 23-Hop!! it was the Oz and the Industry of its day.

[officialmcdeath]

Pity 'Klonk' wasn't such a success for another 2 decades . . . . Love McD.

[Proton1]

Mm-mm-mm.. AAAH.. clapclapclap!

*dirty-floor-rocking-baseline-­ensues*

Back when I was doing Club Max in Toronto, Clonk would shake the whole fucking building, including the metal floors.

[marc7388]

glasgow warehouse 1989........

[lovespoiled]

bringing me back to the leeds warehouse friday night 1989 days..keep da faith..dreaming the dreams of the dream,onwards n upwards

[xerfes]

Where can we new ones find simular scenes like the early rave scene? I want to dance!!!

[theboypayne]

You can try J Tek (ie new Jungle Techno - the 91-92 sound that eventually evolved from the early rave scene before splitting into happy hardcore and jungle)- search for it on Facebook or google it. It's okay but not as good as this stuff....it's in it's early days tho so it might take off.

[wespend10totheir5]

One of my favorite tracks from many years ago now, great post and a warp classic.

[Jaggabone]

Are you ready for the Dark Side of the Moon, Play the 5 tones!

SICK SICK Track. Definately Detroit Tech in its evolution. Or at least the sound was familiar. I remember this came out and a friend played it on tap with T99 & it was outta sight!

[Proton1]

No, son. This is Europe. The genre is called "Bleep" out of Yorkshire. Tricky Disco and a few others followed it.

And I prefered Test One. Stripped down to basics and darker. What you're hearing in this video is "Test Four."

[dazlants]

bruv, this is Test One, pure and simple!!

[Jaggabone]

@Proton1 Again I said Techno in its evolution. Thanks for the correction though. Test Four is this and didn't know whci version it was but recalled a few versions existed. Can you serve up Test One please?! Would really mean a lot.

BTW, What is your DJ name if you played in Club Max?! Damn I vaguely remember that but preferred OZ - not that you didn't do a good job though if it was the middle floor. That place did quite well. For some reason I cannot recall the exact street intersection though?

[leeg1970]

I think this track was on another label prior to it being on Warp? I could be wrong but I'm sure I had it on something with a red/black coloured label?

Anyway great track!

[WestLondonDITC]

Do you reckon Basement Jaxx were influenced by the bassline for Jump & Shout?

[leeroy695]

hahaha i just found my old warp 10+2 classics album which has this song on it. Its as old as i am.

[joeattrell]

awesome oldie, whoever found thsi two thumbs up, reminds me of superstars and rpm all age sundays with matt c

[keggyhander]

Can't beat the old yorkshire beeps and bleeps!

[nuffaction]

Ahhhhhhhh the memories......throw in a lil L.F.O and some Rythem is Rythim.......heaven!!!!!!!

[titansuzy]

Hell yeah. And don't forget some Nightmares on Wax and Speedy J's Pullover.

[Jaggabone]

And Motherland for a nice sunrise after party chill session! Or T99, old Prodigy, and some dirty filthy beats!

[lectrick]

This had to be done on Video Toaster on an Amiga. It would only be fitting for the time period. ;)

[lectrick]

I have this tune on a CD called "Aural Ecstasy", except it is called Test Four. Any explanation?

[boovy32]

Its alright im still collecting all this stuff anyway ive about 50 at the moment from 88 to 93 which isnt bad

[boovy32]

Im 32 now and why do i still prefer this stuff to todays shite am i getting old?

[lectrick]

Yes. You and me both. ;) I'm 36. Check out progressive trance if you want something a little newer in a similar vein.

[cajjer]

You're not old, but today's techno is still vibrant

[leolodreamland]

@boovy32 no you've just got a limited imagination.

[wintertourjapan]

@boovy32 age has nothing to do with it, some individuals grow not to like change, others move with it.

[ElasticMinds]

@boovy32 im 23 and i prefer this to todays stuff. its not just you.

[LOveERDos]

@boovy32 u right im 34 and the new music is crap exspecially all the shit come from germany and italy called minimal i hate that crap

[abraham8591]

@LOveERDos

i disagree... it just doesn't doesn't effect you in the way the music of your generation effected you (because it was your generation). musically many artists are as impressive as those of your generation, you just don't feel how you did back then...music is an expression of yourself however you feel at that time (usually more so in your youth) all generations talk about how it was better back then (back then being their youth)... that is only what i believe however. peace and love x

[LOveERDos]

@abraham8591 come on friend!!!!! is truew hat i say im 34yers old but i admit that pink floyd ,beatles, rolings tones, the doors,andother60 70's band are much much much better the 80's band,is not my generation, because my generation is that of the 80's,what is a great band today?????? just depeche modethat are from 80's and the best electronic producers are from 90's, there isnot way friend!!!

[sjtToo]

@boovy32 Yeah LardAss, You have become what You always hated! BTW You kids had SO shitty musika for us who grew up with Kraftwerk =D

Sorry, couldn't resist - just sick 'n' tired of "How Good it used to be" memories of music that grabbed people way back then and stays with them, but who aren't open for such experiences anymore, while there still is and always will be things that grab people at sensitive mood/age ;)

[KattyKorruption]

@boovy32 I'm 18 and dating a 33 year old. He is introducing me to many dark bands; real goth music from the 80's. I feel like there was this whole world I missed out on. I'm falling in love with bands I haven't even heard of before; music made years before my time. I was so pleased at reading your comment. This music can't stay alive without people still loving it. (I don't think 30 or even 60 is old, but music from the 80's is certainly different then stuff that's being put out today)

[MrROLY1973]

@KattyKorruption

Shit that just proves my point as I was just saying the other day that warp records is the best label and the music that is getting released by them is just not at all wat I envisaged them to release and here we have a an 18 yr old having to listen to the music from our generation trust me girl if you read this explore this genre of music as there is loads of it and its really really fresh as the day it was released into the ears of the masses that would dance to it all night x

[ResidentMich]

@boovy32 I'm 43 and was lucky enough to go to the Blackburn Raves et al. Love the bleeps!!!!!! Nothing can ever be as good but the music and memories live on for all of us.

[ResidentMich]

@boovy32 I'm 43 and was lucky enough to go to the Blackburn Raves et al. Love the bleeps and darkness!!!!!! Nothing can ever be as good but the music and memories live on for all of us.

[tuffty69]

@boovy32 im 41 and i grew up listening to this stuff ..you're not old we're getting younger ...

[123mezoman]

@boovy32 no your not getting old i'm 18 and i prefer this to the new school garbage they force feed into teens mouths

[Elysianunderground]

Great sound! Always pleased to here this one!

[mikeMCSG]

Presumably Jarvis wasn't so down on rave culture (cf Sorted For E's and Wizz) when he was paid for directing this ?

[nxtplanet]

loved it since the first day i heard it :-) was nice to here luke vibert play it at warehouse project this tune will never fail to impress even if it is just a beep! :D

[NOVAMOD]

Nice, got it in the rack and I really rate this tune.

[verapamil07]

I do not know why I like this tune,but I do...

It sound like chiptune.

[DaDazey]

I see them mentioned in the tags, this does sound like cabaret voltaire! Sheffield grandfathers.

[monkeyafterdark]

Well, obviously it doesn't sound a bit like any of the earlier works of CV. But it does seem as a logical progression from their later output. And, in any case, Sweet Exorcist is mostly Richard H. Kirk, in case you didn't know. So there's the reason for including the cabbies in the tags...

[eleven38]

WARP RECORDS FUCKIN ROCK

[pumapele]

fuckme, test one gives me a hard-on,this gives me a semi

[djdrew77]

i still spin this in clubs on the regular...

absolute MASSIVE CHOONE

[diegodiaz95]

Now that's an understatement!!!!! where ever you spin, I need to be there!!!!

[123octopus]

More cowbell!!!

[myronx19]

on 12" that is!! (not videos)

[dpmhiaddict]

in a forrest at night in summer, tripping on purple ohm`s in the dark and mist, my very own close encounter with this record will live with me `till i die! SEMINAL CUTTING EDGE FUTURISM 100% CLASS

[djpause]

first bleep record I ever bought. Loved it and still do.

[aluoechler]

Wow - I can hardly see the heavy strobolights as the dancefloor is fully foggy...

[Proton1]

Specifically "Test Four" -- there were, if I remember correctly, six tests, all remixes of the next. "Test One" was the most minimal, darkest of the bunch.

[simonneilscanlan]

Bleep Bleep.

Warp records classic.

[KarmaComaCat]

Hey helloooooo

[JAMESJW2006]

tune m8 glad u find longer version m8